Oakland Athletics vs California Angels
June 27, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 27, 1996 at Anaheim Stadium. The Oakland Athletics defeated the California Angels and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 18, California Angels 2

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Herrera rf 7 3 2 2
Batista 2b 7 3 4 0
Giambi lf 4 2 2 3
  Mashore pr,lf 2 0 1 0
McGwire 1b 2 2 1 2
  Lovullo ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Berroa dh 3 3 1 4
Steinbach c 5 1 2 2
  Williams c 0 1 0 0
Brosius 3b 4 2 2 2
Young cf 3 1 1 2
Bordick ss 6 0 1 0
Johns p 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 18 17 17
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Erstad cf 3 0 0 0
Slaught c 3 0 1 1
  Borders c 1 0 0 0
Anderson lf 4 0 1 0
Salmon rf 3 1 1 1
  Palmeiro rf 1 0 0 0
Davis dh 4 0 1 0
Wallach 3b 3 0 1 0
  Easley 3b 1 0 0 0
Snow 1b 4 1 1 0
Velarde 2b 4 0 1 0
DiSarcina ss 3 0 1 0
Boskie p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Monteleone p 0 0 0 0
  Pennington p 0 0 0 0
  James p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
Oakland 212 433 10218171
California 000 011 000282
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Johns  W (5-9) 9.0 8 2 2 1 4
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
1
4
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Boskie  L (8-3) 3.0 7 7 6 4 2
  Williams   2.0 4 6 6 3 3
  Monteleone   2.0 5 3 3 1 1
  Pennington   1.0 1 2 2 4 1
  James   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
17
18
17
12
8

  E–Herrera (2), Wallach (6), Disarcina (8).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Oakland Batista (3,off Williams); Giambi (17,off Monteleone); Mashore (3,off Pennington), California Wallach (7,off Johns).  HR–Oakland McGwire (25,1st inning off Boskie 1 on, 2 out); Brosius 2 (10,2nd inning off Boskie 0 on, 1 out,7th inning off Monteleone 0 on, 2 out); Berroa (18,4th inning off Williams 3 on, 1 out); Giambi (14,5th inning off Williams 2 on, 2 out); Steinbach (14,6th inn, California Salmon (19,6th inning off Johns 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Batista (1,2nd base off Boskie/Slaught).  CS–Berroa (2,2nd base by Boskie/Slaught).  U-HP–Dale Ford, 1B–Chuck Meriwether, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–3:15.  A–23,503.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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